Collapsible holder and carrier.



- W. F. DONLEY.

GOLLAPSIBLE HOLDER AND CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1911.

1,043,572. 1 Patented 11011.5,1912,

v its construction and arrangement of the WILLIAM F. DQNLEY, OFBINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

COLLAPSIBLE HOLDER AND CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

u Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Application filed July 29, 1911. Serial No. 641,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. DoNLnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Holdersand Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collapsible goods holders and carriers.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of the kindreferred to which by parts shall be more convenient and durable in usethan holders and carriers of the same character as heretoforei made.

A further object of the invention is to provide a collapsible holder andcarrier of such construction that either end thereof may beinterchangeably used, with equal facility, both as the top and as thebottom of the article.

With these objects in view the invention resides in a collapsible holderand carrier having the generic and specific features of construction andarrangement of the parts substantially as hereinafter described andclaimed.

One and the preferred form of the invention' is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe-carrier and holder, the parts being shown in the position assumedwhen in use, a portion of the side being broken away to disclose theinterior of the receptacle; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing theholder and carrierina collapsed position; and,Fig. 3 1s a perspectiveview of the locking and carrying means separated from the remainder ofthedevice, shown with the parts in .a locked condition.

In this drawing I have illustrated my invention as consisting of arectangular body having two of the sides 1, 1, broader than the othersides 2, 2, though as will be clear from an understanding of theinvention the specific form of the carrier is immaterial. The materialused in constructing the carrier may be pasteboard, canvas, wood orother material, being preferably pasteboard because of ease ofmanufacture and in order to involve little expense when discarded because of wear or breakage.

The carrier is preferably composed of one piece of material havingdepressions, cuts in four or less parts connected at the meeting edgesby hinges composed of thin material or metal, or the like. Forpurposesof cheapness and uniformity of appearance I prefer howevertomake the receptacle of a single piece the ends of which after beinggrooved or otherwise formed at the meeting edges of the sides arejoined. Each side of the receptacle has projecting from and preferablyintegral with it a flap 3, the ends of one or more of which flaps may beif desired cut away giving them a slightly tapered form to facilitatefolding. The flaps are all so formed that when the carrier is in acollapsed condition they extend outward from the respective sides inorder to prevent undue wear or breakingalong the point of folding, aswould be the case where the flaps turned inward when collapsed, andtherefore be given an abrupt bend at the point of folding, which, aftera few operations, particularly if the preferred material, namelycardboard, be employed would result in either disfiguring the package orin entirely separating the flaps from the sides rendering the pac agemore or less useless The interior of the package is preferablyprovided'with a series of intersecting cross .pieees attached to therespective sides and which form divisions for separating the contents ofthe holder. The cross pieces are preferably collapsible or folding inorder to offer no resistance to the folding of the receptacle or of theputting the same into condition for use, and to occupy a small spacebetween the sides when the receptacle is folded.

In placing the case in position for use the opposite sides thereof arebrought to a position parallel. with each other, and the flaps are thenfolded inward to a position substantially at right-angles to the sides.Any suitable means for securing the flaps in this condition and foraffording means for carrying the package may be employed. For instance,as herein shown, each of two opposite sides of thepackage isprovidednear each end with an opening 4, the edges of which may if desired beprotected or strengthened, for instance by placing eyelets in them.Extending from end to end of the sides provided with openings are wires,string, tape or the like 5 which extend along the inner face of thesides and outward through the openings and are provided at their endswith means, such as loops 6 for receiving the means which secure thewires or the like of opposite sidesto each other, extend inwardly overthe folding flaps to hold them in place, and afio-rd means for graspingin carrying the package. Herein I have shown two bails, one attached tothe wires or the like of each side and which are so formed as tointerlock when folded across the flaps. The lock herein shown consistsof a latch 7 which is pivotally attached to one of the bails and is of alength to receive and retain the cross piece 8 ofthe other bail. Byplacing the wires or the like 5, on the inner faces of the sides theyare protected from injury or catching into adjacent articles', and theouter faces of the sides are left in condition to receive printeddirections for the use of the carrier, for advertisements or othermatter.

Inasmuch as the formation of each end of the carrier and the fasteningmeans employed, are the same at each end of the carrier, it will beclear that either end may be.

used for either the top or the bottom of the carrier, and that thepackage may be re-' versed in use should one end become worn ordisfigured.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is: I

1. A- collapsible holder and carrier'comprising a body having sides themeeting edges whereof are permanently and foldably connected, each sidebeing provided with a flap adapted to be folded outwardly in line withthe side to which it is attached and inwardly to a positionsubstantially at right angles to the sides, wires or the like extendingalong the inner faces of opposite sides and out near the ends thereof,and detachable means for connecting the ends of the wires or the like.

2. A collapsible holder and carrier comprising a body having sides themeeting edges whereof are permanently and foldably connected, each sidebeing formed with a flap adapted to be folded outwardly in line with thesides and inwardly substantially at right angles to the sides, oppositesides being provided near each end with o enings, wires or the likeextendin alon t e inner faces of the sides and having thQII'BHdSextendin out throu h the openings, loops in the en s of the wlres or thelike, bails attached to the loops, and means for connecting the bails.

3. A collapsible holder and carrier comprising a body having sides themeeting edges whereof are permanently and foldably connected, each sidebeing provided with a flap adapted to be folded outwardly in line withthe sides and inwardly substantially at right angles to thesides,opposite sides being provided near each end-with openings, wires or thelike extending along the inner faces of the sides and having their endsextending through the openings, a bail having its ends connected to therespective wires of each side, and a latch for connecting the bails.

4. Acollapsible holder and carrier comprising a body having sides themeeting edges whereof are permanently and foldably connected, each sidebeing provided at each end with a flap adapted to be folded outwardly inline with the side to which it is attached and inwardly to a positionsubstantially at right an les to the sides, two oppositely disposed sies having openings at each end adjacent to the flaps, wires or the likeextending along the faces of opposite sides and passing through theopenings, and detachable means for connectlng wires or the like at bothends of the sides.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM F. DONLE Witnesses:

F. J. HARDY, E, N. FLUMERFELT.

